Perhaps it's already known, but in case not... a couple months ago, lunaryorn (Sebastian Wiesner) posted on Github that he's looking for someone else to take over maintenance of Synaptiks.
https://github.com/lunaryorn/synaptiks/issues/55 On my Quantal box, Synaptiks 0.8.1 works with xserver-xorg-input- synaptics version 1.6.2-1ubuntu2. However, the driver in Quantal- proposed, 1.6.3, causes Synaptiks to fail. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1002736 Title: [xorg-edgers] Synaptics driver crashes KDE touchpad control module To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/synaptiks/+bug/1002736/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs